The man in the moon is a woman in disguise   Behind the mask she has summer in her eyes   The night air hangs thick the crickets fade   From east to west the evenings on parade      Red sun, yellow moon green grass, breathing room   Lay me in my childhood bed dream of better days   Red sun yellow moon green grass breathing room   Lay me in my childhood bed      The alleys lined in barrel fires   Burning leaves, black smoke spirals   We married young In our mothers lace   With promise rings To hold a place      Red sun yellow moon green grass breathing room   Lay me in my lover’s bed   Red sun yellow moon green grass breathing room   Lay me in my lover’s bed dream of dog days      Got my shoes off with the mud   between my toes   Don’t forget to dress me in my Sunday clothes   I could count the afternoons left on my hand   Let it all begin again      Can you hear the carousel   the tractor hum the catholic bells   We run toward our slowing down   I’ll never leave this Lackawanna town      Red sun yellow moon green grass breathing room   Lay me in my childhood bed   Red sun yellow moon green grass breathing room   Lay me in my lover’s bed   Red sun yellow moon green grass breathing room   Lay me in my final lay me in my final lay me in my final bed